Catching snippets of Maggie’s imaginary play with her Littlest Pet Shop toys:
Let’s get some shut eye.
It’s ok darlin’
[hums a line of the Hallelujah Chorus]
Ok, let’s get some shut eye.
Let it go. Let it goooooo.
Later
Callie-ho!
[lots of humming]
Maggie: I feel like I’m the main girl in this whole world.
[she says variations of this every few days.]
Tommy: can dogs understand us?
[feeling like I’m walking into a trap] uh. Yes?
Then how come we can’t understand them?
Maggie lost her first tooth tonight. It was traumatic. Also, she *lost* the tooth. It was there and then it wasn’t. It fell out AND she lost it.
pre-trauma
Morning update: all better. To all indications, she is reconciled to the new gap and even let me take a picture of her updated smile.
The Tooth Fairy left her a note saying she had located and collected the missing tooth. Since Maggie doesn’t believe in the tooth fairy, she kept asking me what I did with it. That backfired.
Maggie accidentally broke a Lego gun Tommy made. He despaired of being able to put it back together. She cheered him on. “Cmon Tommy! You can do it! You’re Tommy The Best, not Tommy The Worst!”
Tommy: I do need some help. Mama, would you volunteer to help me? Thank you. You’re too sweet.
Maggie: Mama, can you print me off a sheet of what princesses do to stay healthy?
Maggie drew this picture and asked me to caption it “Be nice to your mummy.”
This gallery contains 1 photo.
Kids sorting candy. Or “shorting” as tommy says. This is the first year they have done this and I love it so much.